Its in-house Lifesaving Lottery scheme has over 36,000 members, helping to fund one helicopter.

2012

This year saw the launch of the charity's Leap into Action campaign with the aim of raising £600,000 to upgrade Welshpool's helicopter to a new generation air ambulance.

In November the charity introduced the newest addition to their fleet, a highly advanced EC135 air ambulance.

2013

Air ambulance operations are extended each day to maximise flying hours.

New lifesaving equipment is launched: portable incubators for infants, video laryngoscopes to clear airways with a camera, and medical drills to inject medicine directly into bone.

2014

The charity carries out its 19,000th mission on St David’s Day, airlifting a heart attack patient from the top of a snowy Pen y Fan.

Series three of Wales Air Ambulance’s fly-on-the-wall TV show becomes one of the most watched series in the ITV UK Network.

2015

Consultant-level doctors join Wales Air Ambulance shifts in a pioneering new scheme, providing more advanced treatments such as emergency surgery and blood transfusions.

Wales Air Ambulance launches Airbase Appeal to fund its new home in Dafen. The £500,000 campaign will help to build the hangar and helipad for the charity’s South Wales helicopter.

2016

The charity’s head office staff and South Wales aircrews move into their new, purpose-built facility in Dafen, Llanelli. The move will save the charity thousands of pounds in rent and fuel.

WAA launches a fourth aircraft, making it the largest air ambulance operation in the UK. The helicopter is based at Cardiff Heliport and is dedicated to paediatric and neonatal transfers between specialist hospitals, helping Wales’ youngest patients.